So I have been working on getting the timing right on my '58 f100 292 with the help of some on this site and it was going ok but last night it went bad, real bad. I was trying to get the timing right and checked everything and sure enough it appeared that it was a tooth off so I go ahead and move it and at the same time I fix the leak in the carb. When I go to start it up to dial it in, it wont start. I work on it for a while making sure to line up the distributor with the timing marks and all of this but it wont start. Of course I am doing this at work so 3hrs later the battery is dead. I charge the battery and while I am doing this I work on the distributor some more and finally think that I have it all set. I start it up and yes it starts. I am sitting there waiting for it to warm up an letting it build a good charge and it just dies. now the battery is still dead and so I try to jump it and sure enough I burn out the starter, all I get it a click. at this point it is 2am and I have been working on this for 9 hrs at work. I push it into the parking garage (which, to sound like my grandfather, was uphill both ways) and go to bed. I woke up this morning and tell the guys at work and they say we will push start it if it is just the starter. Well we get it started and I am as happy as a pig in sh** but it is blowing white smoke out the back and reaks of gas although the carb is not leaking anymore. I let it warm up for a good long while and go to drive home. I get four blocks from home and it is driving like crap and starts poping and blowing black smoke. I pull over and it stalls, so instead of messing with it anymore I just call a tow truck and now it sits in my garage. I am going to pull the carb and rebuild it (was this weeks project anyway) and I am ordering a hi rev starter to replace the old one. I alread have a ignitor and flamethrower on the way with new plug wires and plugs. Please let me know if any of you can see something that could be causing this that I am not seeing?
1958 F100 292"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."
"Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice."
-Henry Ford